Dear Readers
Welcome to the May Supplement in which you will find all the letters written to the President of the TS Adyar in support of the campaign for Justice to be done in the “Judge Case” – this comes together with an article describing practices in “Buddhist Meditation”, published in two parts starting this month.
Happy reading – here’s the index, and just click on the link below to download the PDF.
And do have a look at Radha Burnier’s reply to these letters . . . . . . . . . on p 4
Justice to Judge Letters 2011 …………………… p 1
ON BUDDHIST MEDITATION ……………….. p 2
The 2011 Letters on Justice and Ethics……….. p 5
Resources at on-line groups ……………………… p 19
Commentary on the 2011 Letters to India …… p 20
For those who can’t wait till the next instalment, the complete article on Buddhist Meditation is available at http://www.ultindia.org/tm_magazine/TMJune2011.pdf
The conference season is once again upon us, and if you attend these things and are going to the ITC (http://www.theosconf.org/) in California (from 11th to 14th August) here’s a greeting and best wishes for an enjoyable event – it’s not so often one has the opportunity to meet with so many like minded fellows!
Yours always,
The AQ Editors
Extract from The Past and the Future
by Radha Burnier
Recently several letters have been addressed to the President asking that justice be done to Mr Judge. About one and a quarter centuries have passed since he was prominent among members. There are some who favour the actions that he took, and others who do not; are we going to make a judgement on behalf of all the members at this point? Is this really feasible? The decision in favour or not, will be only on paper, and people will continue to think of what is possible as they wish and see. The Society cannot regulate this, and is not called upon to do so.
So, the best thing is to discriminate to the extent that our own intelligence lets us, which may be right or wrong. What does it matter to others? Since one cannot shape, or want to shape, what other people think, the Theosophical Society cannot, after one hundred and thirty years, decide what its members should see or think about past happenings. There is the case of C. W. Leadbeater, who I think was much misunderstood and maligned. Others may think he was a bad character. Will our thinking change what he was? There are many people who, being human, had faults and weaknesses. By finding out what exactly was the matter, it helps neither them nor us. Our present attitude towards things is what matters, not the conclusions we may make about what people in the past did.
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